3 avril 2016
3 avril 2016
Personalized Learning vs. Adaptive Learning
By Michael Feldstein. In our recent EDUCAUSE Review article, Phil and I defined personalized learning as a set of technology-supported practices that help undepersonalize teaching. The three general practices that we identified are as follows. More...
3 avril 2016
So, why is a college degree worth less if you are raised poor? A response to readers’ comments
By Brad Hershbein. There is plenty of soul-searching going on about the state of public debate in America right now. But here’s a small reason to be hopeful: my recent blog post, “A college degree is worth less if you are raised poor,” has generated lots of attention in both traditional and social media, and also dozens of thoughtful comments and questions. More...
3 avril 2016
Overregulation Theory isn’t enough to explain negative voucher effects
By . One of the most talked-about education studies in recent months is a new working paper on the effects of Louisiana’s statewide voucher program during its first year of operation. More...
3 avril 2016
Universities should 'nurture pupils from primary school'
By . Higher education institutions should focus on developing talent from a young age in order to encourage more children from disadvantaged backgrounds into university, an education expert has claimed. More...
3 avril 2016
Shame on the academic EU scaremongers
By . Many useful idiots will emerge during the referendum campaign, and to set the ball rolling comes one Caroline Horslen of University College London’s School of European Languages, Culture and Society. More...
3 avril 2016
Cambridge's politically correct brigade is ruining all our fun
By . It is my sad duty to announce the passing of a much-loved old friend. During Cambridge Rag Week, in 1979, when I stood, half-naked in an ostrich costume (silk camisole, feathers, big pants), aboard my college’s Australia float, surrounded by young oarsmen dressed as Aborigines, we had no idea that we were taking part in a grotesque act of cultural appropriation. More...
3 avril 2016
Kick out these student ignoramuses
I hoped the absurdities about pulling down statues and disowning the history of Oxbridge colleges had passed: but two more lunacies emerge, this time from Cambridge. More...
3 avril 2016
The death of teaching in biomedical science
By David Kent. Over the past few months I have been doing some semi-regular teaching at the undergraduate level. It’s been a while since I have taught, aside from an odd lecture here or there. However, one thing has become very clear to me: the further I go in research, the less I’m meant to teach the next generation. More...
3 avril 2016
Critiques of higher ed – beyond animosity and anecdote
By Melonie Fullick. Some of you may recall that there was a piece in the Los Angeles Review of Books last December that was a strong contender for “Worst Higher Ed Article of 2015.” Written by University of Prince Edward Island professor Ron Srigley, it was in some ways the epitome of a recognizable type: what you might call the Old Man Yells at Cloud school of analysis, closely related to the Get Off My Lawn genre that I discussed in a post last year. This torrent of prose (over 8,500 words of it) received a good deal of attention on social media at the time—in spite of, or perhaps because of, the author’s vicious snarkiness about the apparent failures of Canadian universities. More...
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